Topic: Who inspired you to take up drums? (Read 10860 times)

I remember being at some relative's wedding reception when I was 4 or 5 and being completely mesmerized by the drummer. I couldn't tell you if he was any good, but I recall just watching him all night long. I think that planted the seed.

Further inspiration came from Ed Shaughnessy (whenever my folks let me stay up late enough to see the beginning of The Tonight Show). After I set up my very first set of drums, the first lick I tried to play was the one bar set up Ed played to kick in the Tonight Show theme.

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vertijoe

When I was 3, a friend of the family had a rock band. Their drummer (Pete Peterson) just seemed to be the coolest guy on the planet. After that it was Ringo Starr. I just loved the beatles. I wore the grooves out of Abbey Road playing to it when I got my first drumset at 5.

My father tells me (because I don't remember) that when I was young, like 2 years old, I would go to our neibourgh and just sit on the throne and hit the snear with my hands.

And as long as I can recall, I've been attracted by drums, until I could play one for real at the age of 12. My music teacher told me that he had never seen someone play that good the first time they played It seems that tapping on Nirvana songs helped me in my early years

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A 5 rythm polyrythm is hard to master,But creating one needs a lot more passion.

paul

One of my earliest drumming memories is of seeing my father get his practice pad and sticks out to play along with the marching bands during football games on television. That was back in the day when they still showed the bands. I thought that was about the coolest thing I'd ever seen, and was constantly bugging him to let me try.

We went to every parade held, and my favorite part was always the marching bands, especially the drum sections, with the multicolored sparkle drums, sticks and arms moving in unison, and the sheer power of all that unified sound.

But watching my dad play along with bands on television is probably what triggered my interest first.

He had played in bands and drum corps as a kid in Philadelphia, but never owned a drum of his own, much less a drumset, and never played in any kind of swing or jazz bands. I gave him a Gretsch snare that I wasn't using at the time, along with a stand (he still, at age 70, had sticks), and his wife told me he really loved playing that drum, and only gave it up when the nursing home took his sticks away, a policy in the Alzheimer's ward.

He didn't give me much besides that, but my love for drumming is something I'll always owe to him.

As far as I can recall, I inspired me to start drumming. I'd been playing strings and things for a while and being the DIY guy I am, decided drums were next. No particular artist or anything. Just my desire to make my own music.

I always enjoyed listening to the different drums in the marching band at our local football games as a kid. When I got to be a high schooler, my best friend got a drum set and it was really tough trying to get him off his set so I could play it.

When I was around 8 or so, it was a Stan Freberg comedy recording of "The Yellow Rose of Texas". It had a drummer (Alvin Stoller) that overplayed his snare part, much to the chagrin of the singer. My older brothers also had a lot of jazz recordings which had Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, and others that I'd put on the record player.

Early subliminal:My uncle took me to a "Young People's Concert" (5 years old?) and we sat next to the percussion section on the carpet. I have vague memories of large orchestral crash cymbals being played.

buzz57

Actually, nobody. It was *drums* that inspired me to take up drums. I was just captivated by them when I was about 12. Just something about those shiny kits...the sound..the feel..the power.Played on stacks of books before getting my first kit. Once I really got into it of course, my heros became defined...Bill Ward of Sabbath, Bonzo, hell just about any drummer..they were gods to me back then, hehe. (Well ok, Bonzo is still a god)